After attending a former colleague's birthday party, Bill Dennison recounts fond memories of time he spent with Tony Larkum in Australia and the United States that spanned from the 80's through early 2000's.

Susan Williams was a marine biologist at UC Davis who passed away in 2018. Bill Dennison, a good friend of hers, pays tribute to her in this blog post.

Bill Dennison details the 2020 Great Barrier Reef partnership workshop in Brisbane. Bill's adaptation of the song, "Sounds of then," by GANGgajang, is included as well!

Ken Barton retired last year after acting as IAN's business manager for many years. Read more about Ken and find the lyrics to his retirement party songs in this post.

An account of the January 2020 Chesapeake Watershed Report Card workshop, a convening to discuss development of a comprehensive new report card. Includes a song by Bill Dennison!

"It's Still Flowing;" a song and video created by Bill Dennison and voiced by Kat Parsons. Click for link to video

In late 2019, former Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley published a book through Esri Press entitled, “Smarter Government: How to Govern for Results in the Information Age”. I had been anticipating the book’s release ever since Gov.

An account of the 2019 Verde River Workshop by Bill Dennison. A poem by Bill is included as well.

On December 6th, I attended the Maryland … Water Monitoring Council conference at the Maritime Conference … Center in Linthicum, Maryland. I have attended this conference for the last few … years and I always enjoy the opportunity to network with local scientists, environmental management professionals, educators, and others, and learn about … the latest and greatest monitoring and restoration efforts that are going on … across the state.

Emily Nastase details her recent trip to the State of the Verde Watershed Conference in Cottonwood, AZ.